In this tutorial we will show you how to upgrade MySQL server in CentOS Web Panel.
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1) Create full database backup (In case mysql server break we have backup to restore).
mysqldump --events --all-databases | gzip > /home/alldatabases.sql.gz
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2) Install Remi repo.
cd /etc/yum.repos.d wget http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi.repo
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3) Now upgrade MySQL Server.
yum --enablerepo=remi update mysql-server
sudo mysql_upgrade
4) Restart Mysql
service mysql restart
If you want to do a fresh install of MySQL Server.
yum --enablerepo=remi install mysql-server
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You are done with upgrading.